Welcome to the IanVisits alternative guide to London.
Lectures, talks, heritage events, organised walks and other random geeky miscellany.

 

 

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Displayed in date order by how soon they close.

Prepare for the unknown – on the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of ‘Spanish Flu’, this display explores how a future epidemic might hit London. (Ending Soon Sun, 3rd Feb)

The Museum of London
EC2Y 5HN
2019-02-03
Featuring over fifty works from across the world, some of which have never been on display before, Gainsborough’s Family Album charts his career from youth to maturity. (Ending Soon Sun, 3rd Feb)

National Portrait Gallery
WC2H 0HE
2019-02-03
Gainsboroughs Family Album
See how Repton’s career unfolded in this special exhibition which brings together Red Books and watercolour paintings, many never publicly displayed before, to celebrate the bicentenary of his death. (Ending Soon Sun, 3rd Feb)

Garden Museum
SE1 7LB
2019-02-03
Repton Revealed
The uncompromising sculpture that emerged in Britain after the Second World War (Ending Soon Mon, 4th Feb)

Tate Britain
SW1P 4RG
2019-02-03
Figure Totem Beast: Sculpture in Britain in the 1950s
A collection of US tabloid front covers, enlarged to two metres high, featuring a headline that relates to Donald Trump’s business dealings, political aspirations or personal life. (Ending Soon Thu, 7th Feb)

Hayward Gallery
SE1 8XX
2019-02-03
Disrupting the Futurecity explores the way in which international artists are positively disrupting our cities, shaping the way we inhabit and engage with public space. (Ending Soon Sun, 10th Feb)

Foyles
WC2H 0DT
2019-02-03
Disrupting the Futurecity
Discover the expressive sensitivity and immediacy of Lorenzo Lotto’s portraits in the first UK exhibition of its kind (Ending Soon Sun, 10th Feb)

The National Gallery
WC2N 5DN
2019-02-03
Come face-to-face with the illusion of a living Jeremy Bentham: philosopher, social reformer and inventor of the Panopticon. (Ending Soon Mon, 11th Feb)

South Cloisters
WC1E 6HJ
2019-02-03
Marcus Lyall: Portrait of Jeremy Bentham
A landmark exhibition on the history, art, literature and culture of Anglo-Saxon England. (Ending Soon Tue, 19th Feb)

The British Library
NW1 2DB
2019-02-03
One of the last Pre-Raphaelites, Edward Burne-Jones brought imaginary worlds to life in awe-inspiring paintings, stained glass windows and tapestries (Ending Soon Sun, 24th Feb)

Tate Britain
SW1P 4RG
2019-02-03
Edward Burne-Jones
An exhibition exploring the connection between Sigmund Freud and Salvador Dalí, starting from their one meeting, to which Dalí brought his recently completed painting The Metamorphosis of Narcissus. (Ending Soon Sun, 24th Feb)

Freud Museum
NW3 5SX
2019-02-03
Freud, Dalí and the Metamorphosis of Narcissus
This major exhibition tells the story of Ashurbanipal through the British Museum’s unparalleled collection of Assyrian treasures and rare loans. (Ending Soon Sun, 24th Feb)

The British Museum
WC1B 3DG
2019-02-03
This exhibition brings back to Strawberry Hill some of the most important masterpieces in Horace Walpole’s famous and unique collection for a once-in-a-lifetime exhibition. (Ending Soon Sun, 24th Feb)

Strawberry Hill
TW1 4ST
2019-02-03
Lost Treasures of Strawberry Hill: Masterpieces from Horace Walpole's Collection
Explore the design and culture of contemporary videogames  (Ending Soon Sun, 24th Feb)

Victoria and Albert Museum
SW7 2RL
2019-02-03
Videogames: Design/Play/Disrupt
This exhibition features over 40 original paintings from his time with the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War. (Ending Soon Sun, 3rd Mar)

National Army Museum
SW3 4HT
2019-02-03
Alfred Munnings: War Artist, 1918
From flamboyant uniforms to fast horses, this exhibition looks at the shared heritage between the Hungarian and British hussars. (Ending Soon Sun, 3rd Mar)

National Army Museum
SW3 4HT
2019-02-03
Call in the Cavalry
Snoopy comes to London in this exhibition of Charles M. Schulz original Peanuts cartoons. (Ending Soon Sun, 3rd Mar)

Somerset House
WC2R 1LA
2019-02-03
Good Grief, Charlie Brown!
This exhibition explores how our built environment contributes to our physical and mental health in both positive and negative ways.  (Ending Soon Sun, 3rd Mar)

Wellcome Collection
NW1 2BE
2019-02-03
This exhibition presents fifty original magazine covers from Time Out’s archive and explores the stories behind them. (Ending Soon Sun, 3rd Mar)

Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising
W11 1QT
2019-02-03
Whether raising a smile, solving a crime, wreaking magical havoc or even performing in theatre, cats take centre stage in this free exhibition. (Ending Soon Sun, 17th Mar)

The British Library
NW1 2DB
2019-02-03
Cats on the Page
This multi-screen installation by artist John Akomfrah remembers the millions of African men and women who participated in the First World War (Ending Soon Thu, 21st Mar)

Imperial War Museum
SE1 6HZ
2019-02-03
Explore today’s home through the prism of yesterday’s imagination. Are we living in the way that pioneering architects and designers throughout the 20th century predicted, or has our idea of home proved resistant to real change? (Ending Soon Sun, 24th Mar)

The Design Museum
W8 6AG
2019-02-03
Explore the extraordinary lives and deaths of Tsar Nicholas II and his family and go behind the scenes to uncover the science behind one of the greatest mysteries of the 20th century. (Ending Soon Sun, 24th Mar)

Science Museum
SW7 2DD
2019-02-03
The Last Tsar: Blood and Revolution
In this immersive sound installation, 32 people who fought and lived through the First World War share their personal stories of the Armistice. (Ending Soon Sun, 31st Mar)

Imperial War Museum
SE1 6HZ
2019-02-03
Two artists – born centuries apart – explore the same universal themes with works of transcendent beauty and raw emotional power.  (Ending Soon Sun, 31st Mar)

Royal Academy of Arts
W1J 0BD
2019-02-03
Discover more about Georgian Black Londoners, alongside a collection of rare and unusual portraits of Black Georgians. (Ending Soon Sun, 31st Mar)

Bruce Castle Museum
N17 8NU
2019-02-03
Black Georgian Londoners: Portraits, People and Perceptions
Through a rich collection of photographs, discover the innovation and resourcefulness that shaped the rebuilding and regeneration of the world post-war, revealing resilience and creativity in times of great change. (Ending Soon Sun, 31st Mar)

Imperial War Museum
SE1 6HZ
2019-02-03
The Oscar Wilde Temple is a wholly immersive work of art and secular space honouring one of the earliest forebears of gay liberation. (Ending Soon Sun, 31st Mar)

Studio Voltaire
SW4 7JR
2019-02-03
The Oscar Wilde Temple
Collectively these portraits and stories speak across continents and generations of an extraordinary post-war emigration of women who made a leap of faith for the love of an airman. (Ending Soon Sun, 14th Apr)

RAF Museum
NW9 5LL
2019-02-03
War Brides
An exhibition that looks at how the world has tried (and often failed) to secure peace in the 20th century. (Ending Soon Wed, 17th Apr)

LSE Library
WC2A 2HD
2019-02-03
Giving Peace a Chance: from the League of Nations to Greenham Common
The Charles Dickens Museum explores the pivotal role of food in the author’s life and novels and give new insights into the experience of dining with Dickens. (Ending Soon Sun, 21st Apr)

Charles Dickens Museum
WC1N 2LX
2019-02-03
Food Glorious Food: Dinner with Dickens
This is the V&A Museum of Childhood’s first major exhibition to focus on fictional pirates and their influence in popular culture. (Ending Soon Mon, 22nd Apr)

V&A Museum of Childhood
E2 9PA
2019-02-03
A Pirate’s Life for Me
The exhibition showcases significant objects from Sheffield’s Guild of St George Ruskin Collection whilst also drawing on the collections of museums and galleries. (Ending Soon Mon, 22nd Apr)

Two Temple Place
WC2R 3BD
2019-02-03
John Ruskin - The Power of Seeing
Portraits, sculpture, photographs, archival documents and miniature masterpieces by Fabergé illustrate historic events and family meetings between the rulers of the two nations.  (Ending Soon Sun, 28th Apr)

The Queen's Gallery
SW1A 1AA
2019-02-03
 Russia, Royalty & the Romanovs
From Rossetti, Millais and Burne-Jones to Perry, Latham and Pecchioli, join the dreamers where reality meets imagination. (Ending Soon Sun, 28th Apr)

Guildhall Art Gallery and Roman Amphitheater
EC2V 5AE
2019-02-03
Visions and Visionaries
The exhibition features ceramic artworks dispensing scents inspired by the Horniman Gardens, and a soundscape based on the chemical processes occurring in plants and trees.  (Ending Soon Tue, 30th Apr)

Horniman Museum
SE23 3PQ
2019-02-03
The Lore of the Land
Explore this surreal lost property office where you will uncover stories in the most unlikely places. (Ending Soon Fri, 3rd May)

Barbican Centre
EC2Y 8DS
2019-02-03
Unclaimed - The Liminal Space
This exhibition is the story of humanity’s ever-changing relationship with our nearest star. (Ending Soon Mon, 6th May)

Science Museum
SW7 2DD
2019-02-03
This display presents six innovative projects from the collections of the RIBA and the V&A, each demonstrating a unique experiment in social housing design. (Ending Soon Sun, 26th May)

Victoria and Albert Museum
SW7 2RL
2019-02-03
A Home for All: Six Experiments in Social Housing
Women were inspired to serve their country by Florence Nightingale's work. But in 1918, as WW1 approached its end, nothing could have prepared them for what was to come - the deadly Spanish Flu. (Ending Soon Sun, 16th Jun)

Florence Nightingale Museum
SE1 7EW
2019-02-03
Free  
Drector and photographer James Morgan set out to capture the lives of the Bajau Laut, the world’s last true marine nomads. (Ending Soon Sun, 23rd Jun)

Horniman Museum
SE23 3PQ
2019-02-03
Sea Nomads
This exhibition showcases extraordinary animal behaviour and the breathtaking diversity of life on Earth. (Ending Soon Sun, 30th Jun)

Natural History Museum
SW7 5BD
2019-02-03
Wildlife Photographer of the Year
From 1947 to the present day, this exhibition traces the history and impact of one of the 20th century’s most influential couturiers, and the six directors who have succeeded him, to explore the enduring influence of the fashion house. (Ending Soon Sun, 14th Jul)

Victoria and Albert Museum
SW7 2RL
2019-02-03
Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams
A selection of Turner’s illustrations for Sir Walter Scott’s poetry and prose, part of the house’s permanent collection. (Ending Soon Sun, 28th Jul)

Turners House
TW1 2LR
2019-02-03
Showcasing the most spectacular space photography of its kind, the exhibition celebrates ten years of awe-inspiring images shot by astrophotographers worldwide. (Ending Soon Sun, 4th Aug)

Royal Observatory Greenwich
SE10 8XJ
2019-02-03
Astronomy Photographer of the Year Exhibition